Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 03/19/2010 - 3:47am

U.S.<br /><br />Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators — the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Top international diplomats on Friday called on Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations with a goal of reaching a final settlement that would create an independent Palestinian state within 24 months.

They reiterated their condemnation of Israel's latest move to add Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem but did not escalate criticism of the Jewish state.




 

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